Eta Carinae NGC 3372

[moondog]

My astro stuff arrived in New Zealand from the UK a few weeks ago. Since then I've been learning the Southern sky and trying to work out polar alignment without Polaris. Last night I managed to get a reasonable alignment. Long enough to be able to image the Eta Carinae Nebula. Could only manage short subs with the current alignment but here's my first NZ image with my gear:-

ED80 with Celestron F6.3 reducer (Eta is BIG!). 19 subs x 30secs @ 800 ISO. Darks, Bias but no flats. Can't wait to get a more permanent set up and take full advantage of the great skies here.

MD

[ncjunk]

Great image, I have been looking at the remote scopes, GRAS, to try and get a look at the southern skies.

I will look out for your pics as well :-D

Neil C